8 sheets of about 300+ parts. 113 dormers for the roofs. Decided to use templets to the interior of the building for strength. Will do the same to the roofs. Don't think they will survive trying to glue all those dormers if I don't add some backing.

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Another weekend and some more work on the model. Finished off the rest of the building and started to add the roof on Saturday. Added cardboard to the building walls for support, but decided the roof didn't need it.

BIG mistake! X( Also constructed the roof as one piece. Another mistake. After glueing it on the building and it wouldn't fit right, decided to remove it. Lucky no real damage to the completed sections.

Reprinted the roof pieces and started again on Sunday. This time added cardboard to all the surfaces and glued the two wings first to the model before the large roof section was added.One of the photos shows the one piece roof that was removed.

I have become very fond of the buildings during the last eight months of construction and it means even more after the tragic and senseless events of yesterday. My thoughts are with the people of Belgium and especially Brussels.

thanks for sharing your construction report with us. It is an outstanding and absolut fascinating model you had build, hard to find yet. I´m eager to get this one, but the prices are running out of reality.

It was just luck after a long time looking for the model. Kept checking eBay here and in Europe, but no luck. Zeist Bouwplaten had one for sale, but at 250 Euros just a bit too much. Also noticed that there was one on eBay in the UK that went for over 100 Euros but without the Town Hall.

Someone in the Netherlands on a now closed Forum mentioned he had an extra model, so sent a PM asking if he wanted to sell and my nephew in the Netherlands handled the transaction and shipping.The cost was also fair to both of us. Well worth the money spent.

It is sad that eventually these models will be no more and lost to everyone.